There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Tuesday night’s drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery and the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing will grow to $51 million.
One ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold in Oklahoma and is worth $1 million, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced.
The numbers drawn were 11, 27, 44, 45, 58 and the Mega number was 3. The estimated jackpot was $42 million.
The drawing was the fifth since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 1 in 258,890,850, according to the Mega Millions website. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 14.71.
The Mega Millions game is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.
—City News Service